600 Subject Added Entry - Personal Name

Field definition and scope:

Field 600 contains a personal name used as a subject added entry.

Subject added entries are assigned to a community information record to provide access according to established subject cataloging principles and guidelines. Field 600 may be used by any institution assigning subject headings based on the lists and authority files identified in the second indicator position or in subfield $2 (Source of heading or term).

Field 600 is repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position	Description	Repeatability
Field 600	Subject Added Entry - Personal Name	R
Indicator:
First	Type of personal name entry element
0	Forename
1	Surname
3	Family name

Second	Thesaurus
0	Library of Congress Subject Headings
1	LC subject headings for children's literature
2	Medical Subject Headings
3	National Agricultural Library subject authority file
4	Source not specified
5	Canadian Subject Headings
6	Répertoire de vedettes-matière
7	Source specified in subfield $2

Subfield code:
$a	Personal name	NR
$b	Numeration	NR
$c	Titles and other words associated with a name	R
$d	Dates associated with a name	NR
$e	Relator term	R
$f	Date of a work	NR
$g	Miscellaneous information	R
$j	Attribution qualifier	R
$n	Number of part/section	R
$p	Name of part/section	R
$q	Fuller form of name	NR
$s	Version	NR
$t	Title	NR
$u	Affiliation	NR
$v	Form subdivision	R
$x	General subdivision	R
$y	Chronological subdivision	R
$z	Geographic subdivision	R
$0	Authority record control number or standard number	R
$1	Real World Object URI	R
$2	Source of heading or term	NR
$4	Relator code	R
$6	Linkage	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	R

See: Example for this field.

Input conventions:

Content designator history:

First Indicator - Type of personal name entry element

Values 1 - Single surname [redefined]

2 - Multiple surname [obsolete]

In 1996, the first indicator value 2 (Multiple surname) was made obsolete. Value 1 (Single surname) was redefined as Surname to be used for headings with either single or multiple surnames.

Subfield $g - Miscellaneous information [changed, 2014]: In 2014, subfield $g was made repeatable.

Subfield $0 - Authority record control number [new, 2007]

Subfield $0 - Authority record control number [redefined, 2010]

Subfield $1 - Real World Object URI [new, 2017]